Department of Community Medicine

 

     

 

Forward

 

The Department of Community Medicine was established in the academic year 1971-1972 as the Department of Public Health, Preventive and Social Medicine. In 1980 it was re-named to become the Department of Community Medicine.

 

The department main activities are: teaching medical students both under and postgraduates the principles and methods of epidemiology, medical statistics, basic epidemiology and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. This is in addition to teaching of primary health care concepts and practical programmes in Iraq. Health care administration (planning management and evaluation techniques) as well as medical sociology and demography are also taught by the department. Brief sessions are also given on topics related to health economics, health information and utilization of health care services. A short course is also arranged to tackle problems of environmental and occupational health.

 

In addition to teaching, members of the department are actively involved in research and advisory work to other departments in the college of medicine and to the health authorities in Basrah. Advisory work is also given to the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

  

The research activities cover a variety of heath problems such as measurement of population health, identification of risk factors, evaluation of health services performance, and medical ethics conduct. The interest in health system research is growing and the department is active in research and development in coordination with health authorities in Basrah.The department conducted a series of household survey in different parts of Basrah city and its suburbs. These surveys were designed to provide practical opportunities to both staff and medical students to apply community medicine and epidemiology concepts and techniques at population level. They also provide relevant data on socio-demographic, health and environmental conditions of the population, which all can be used to improve health and services delivery in targeted study areas.

 

Objectives

 

The Department of Community Medicine carries a fundamental message which encompasses efforts to cultivate the concepts, principles and practices of Community Medicine or public Health Medicine at philosophical, practical and academic domains. Specifically the department works to achieve the following objectives:

 

1. To actively contribute in qualifying doctors who are able to serve the interests of population in promoting health, protecting health, restoring health and rehabilitating handicapped.

2.  To strengthen research capacity both at the level of the department work territory, the level of College of Medicine and at the level of the health care system.

3.  To carry out and supervise research work that assists in supporting the first two objectives and also to contribute to the solution of important public health problems.

4. To provide advisory work to relevant local, national and NGOs within the context of public health medicine domains and in accordance with the department objectives and national interests.

5. To enhance, support and evaluate the adoption of family health model in Iraq.

6. To enhance the provision of high quality medical teaching and high   quality health care with emphasis on adequacy, effectiveness, efficiency and scientific and technical excellence as important components of quality.

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE:

THE STATE OF THE ART AS ON DECEMBER 2008

 

Head of the Department

 

Dr. Jasim N. Khlaf Al-Asadi (M.B.Ch.B., MSc, PhD), Assistant professor of Community Medicine/Epidemiology of Non-communicable diseases

 

   Heads of the department since its establishment

 

            Name                                        Years                       

1- Dr. Nodu Marshak                      1971- 1973

2- Dr. Sa'eed A. Ahmed                 1973-1975

3- Dr. Ahmed M. Al-Khafaje          1975- 1985

4- Dr. Yarub S. Al-Zuhair               1985- 1989

5- Dr. Omran S. Habib                    1989- 1995

6- Dr. Narjis A.H. Ajeel                   1995-2001

7- Dr. Omran S. Habib                    2001- 2004                 

 8- Dr. Narjis AH Ajeel                     2004 - 2009

 9- Dr. Jasim N. Khlaf Al-Asadi       2010-                 

 

 

 

 

 

رسالة الفرع

 

يلتزم فرع طب المجتمع في كلية الطب – جامعة البصرة برسالة مؤداها الايمان العميق والجهد المتواصل لغرس مفاهيم واسس وممارسات طب المجتمع او طب الصحة العامة على المستوى الفلسفي والتطبيقي العملي والاكاديمي. لذلك يقوم الفرع بكل نشاط يسهم في تعزيز وحماية واسترداد الصحة على المستوى الجمعي والفردي وفي التعليم الطبي والبحث العلمي والعمل الاستشاري. كذلك يسعى الفرع الى نشر ثقافة المشاركة والعمل الفرقي المنظم الشمولي لحل المعضلات ومعالجة الخلل باتجاه بناء منظومات العمل. ويتميز فرع طب المجتمع بريادته في الدراسات العليا من حيث التنوع والعدد وجودة الاداء ويتبنى شكلا للمنظمة الصحية في العراق في المستقبل المنظور تتمحور على الرعاية الصحية الاولية وطب الاسرة ضمن منومة صحية متكاملة عادلة.

 

الرؤية المستقبلية للفرع

انطلاقا من تنامي الشعور بضرورة تحقيق الجودة العالية في التعليم العالي والخدمات الصحية في العراق واسترشادا برسالة واهداف كلية الطب وفرع طب المجتمع ومن اجل دعم منظومة صحية تقوم على الرعاية الصحية الاولية وطب الاسرة كخيار استراتيجي في العراق يسعى فرع طب المجتمع الى تلبية الحاجة لكفاءات عالية التدريب والاعداد في اختصاصات طب المجتمع وطب الاسرة. ولتعزيز ذلك سيسعى الى توسيع دائرة الدراسات العليا افقيا وعموديا من خلال شطر دراسة الماجستير لتغطي اكثر من اختصاص دقيق والعمل على فتح دراسة الدبلوم المهني العالي في اختصاص طب الاسرة واتخاذ الخطوات المناسبة لتاسيس معهد لطب المجتمع او طب الصحة العامة. كما ان الفرع سيسعى بجد لتعزيز كوادره بالعدد والعدة تمشيا مع تزايد الدور المتوقع منه ونتطلع الى رؤية فرع طب المجتمع كلاعب محوري في تطوير استراتيجية التعليم الطبي والخدمات الصحية ورائدا في مجال البحث العلمي.

 

 

 

The faculty members

 

1.  Narjis A-H Ajeel (PhD in community medicine). Professor of Community Medicine, Maternal & Child Health.

2.  Omran S. Habib (PhD in community medicine). Professor of Epidemiology & Health Care.

3.  Eman A. Salman Al-Kamil (PhD in Community Medicine). Assistant professor, Community Medicine, public health nutrition.

4.  Jasim N Khlaf Al-Asadi (PhD in Community Medicine). Assistant professor, Community Medicine,  Epidemiolgy of non-communicable diseases.

5.  Laith Abdul-Majeed Al-Rudainy (MSc. Community Medicine and diving medicine). Lecturer, Community Medicine, Environmental epidemiology.

6.  Amal Yassin Yousif Al-Mulla (PhD in Community Medicine). Lecturer , Community Medicine ,Maternal & Child Health

7.  Asaad K. Taha Al-Yassen (MSc. Community Medicine). Lecturer, Community Medicine, occupational health.

8.  Lamis Aziz Hameed Mahfoud. (FIBMS  Family Medicine) Lecturer,Family Medicine .

9. Rasha Ahmed Abdul-Kader (FIBMS Family Medicine) Lecturer, Family Medicine.

 

Setting of the Department

 

        The Department of Community Medicine is one of eleven academic departments operating in The Medical College, University of Basrah. It consists of Department Head Office, Secretariat, and Faculty members. The policy and duties of the department are the responsibility of the Department Council which delegates part of its authorities to the head of the department. A number of scientific and administrative committees are Assigned the responsibility of specific areas of interest to the department (Scientific committee, examination committee, are examples). Teaching and research tasks are discussed and approved by the department council which also endorses the achievements of faculty. Student's performance and examination results are endorsed by the department council before they are submitted to the college council.

         From structure point of view, the department occupies the fifth floor of the building of College of Medicine, Basrah Teaching Hospital with its own offices and seminar rooms. In addition, the department makes use of all common lecture halls at the disposal of the college.

 

ACADEMIC TEACHING PROGRAMMES

 

Under graduate training programme

 

        The department faculty are involved in teaching of community medicine topics for three grades of medical students; First year, third year, fourth year. They are also tutoring a one year course in public health for third year Dentistry students. The teaching is based on theoretical classes; desk based exercises, field projects as well as health care institutions based practice. A Summary of curricula of the undergraduate years are given in Appendix -1-

 

Post graduate training programme

 

The Department runs three types of Academic postgraduate courses:

  1. Diploma in community medicine 

       The course extends over one calendar year and accepts candidates who hold a certificate of M.B.Ch.B.  The course consists of a series of teaching sessions (Appendix–2–) strengthened by problem-based exercises, seminars as well as short reports on selected health programmes.

       The student is qualified to receive the diploma degree certificate when he or she passes a final comprehensive examination consisting of three papers:

Paper One: epidemiology and medical statistics

Paper Two: epidemiology and control of communicable diseases 

Paper Three:  health care programmes and administration

Plus submitting a report (30-50 pages) tackling a significant local health problem and peer-reviewed.

NOTE: The enrollment in this course has been suspended for the current time

 

2. Master in Community Medicine

   This is a more advanced course intended to qualify medical graduates who are further interested in research, administrative work and teaching in the fields of community medicine. The course accepts medical graduates (M.B.Ch.B. holders) as well as holders of diploma in community medicine. The course consists of two parts:

          The first year:  Teaching-learning class based and field-based course (First term and second term courses) at the end of each a written examination is arranged for each of the subjects covered (see Appendix –3–). Those who pass the first year successfully may be registered for a research project for one year.

          The second year: An original research work leading to the writing of a thesis.  The thesis and the candidates are subjected to an oral examination at the end of the second year. When the students fulfill the requirements of both the academic (courses) year as well as the thesis, they are eligible to be awarded the degree of Master in Community Medicine (MSc).

 

3. PhD. in Community Medicine

        This is highly advanced course designed to fulfill the rising need in our country for community medicine specialists who are called upon to deal with health problems of increasing complexity which demand a high degree of qualification and competence, and to provide medical colleges with teaching staff in the field of community medicine.

 

         The course accepts medical graduates with master degree in community medicine or in other health sciences. The course consists of two parts: teaching–learning class based, and field based one full year course (first term and second term courses) at the end of each a written examination is arranged for each of the subjects covered (see Appendix -4-). Those who pass the first year successfully will have a further comprehensive examination (written and oral parts). Those who pass it successfully may be registered for a research project for two years. The thesis and the candidates are subjected to an oral examination at the end of the third year. When the student fulfills the requirements of both the academic (courses) year as well as the thesis, they are eligible to be awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy in community medicine (PhD).

 

 

 

Appendix -1-

A. THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Theoretical Teaching activities in Community Medicine

 

                  First term - Medical Statistics: 15 hours

 

Topics	Hours
Introduction to medical  statistics	1
Summarization and presentation of data	1
Measurements of central location	1
Measurements of variability	1
The normal distribution and its characteristics: The confidence interval	1
Introduction to sampling	1
Statistical inferences and tests of significance:                                      ►the Z test ►the t test ►the X2 test	4
The concept of community diagnosis as an application of statistics in measuring population health (Indicators of fertility, morbidity and mortality)	5

 

               Second term- public health nutrition: 15 hours

 

Topics	Hours
Definition of relevant terms	1
Nutrient metabolism and   requirements	3
Nutrition and infection	1
Nutrition of specific groups of population	2
Nutritional surveys and assessment of nutritional status of population	2
Nutritional diseases( vitamin A and vitamin D deficiency	2
Nutritional diseases( iron deficiency anaemia, iodine deficiency, PEM)	3
Diet therapy and nutritional rehabilitation	1

 

Practical: 30 hours of desk statistical exercises during the first term

B. FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS

 

Theoretical Teaching activities in Community Medicine

 

                          First term- 45 hours

Topics	Hours
1. GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (15 Lectures) * Introduction :           Concept of health and disease           Definition of epidemiology           Epidemiological uses and approaches	2
* Epidemiological data: types, sources and limitations	1
*  Epidemiological measurements : rates, proportions and ratios	2
* Descriptive epidemiology: person, place and time	2
* Epidemiological studies: Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, Case control, Cohort, Interventional	3
* The concept of association and causation	1
screening and quality control of screening and diagnostic tests-clinical epidemiology	2
* Designing epidemiological studies	1
* The concept and investigation of epidemic	1

 

 

Topics	Hours
2. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF  COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (30 Lectures)
2.1. Definition of common terms	1
2.2 Infections acquired through gastrointestinal tract: (8 Lectures)
* Diarrhoeal diseases: extent of the problem,    causes,    risk factors and control	1
* Comparative epidemiology of rotavirus,  salmonella, cholera and shigellosis	2
* Amoebiasis  and shigellosis	1
* Bacterial food poisoning	1
* Poliomyelitis	1
* Infectious hepatitis A	1
* Typhoid and paratyphoid	1
2.3 Infections acquired through the respiratory tract (air borne infections (9 lectures)
* Acute respiratory infection (ARI): extent, causes, risk factors and strategies of control of ARI	1
* Mouth and throat infection: Diphtheria, Mumps,  and Sore throat	2
Exanthematous infection: Measles, german measles, chicken pox…etc	2
* Whooping cough	1
* Tuberculosis	1
* Leprosy	1
Bacterial meningitis	1
2.4. Percutaneous infections: infections acquired through skin (11 Lectures)
* insect bites: Malaria	1
* Insect bites: Leishmaniasis	1
* Insect bites: Rickettsial    disease	1
* Abrasions: Anthrax	1
* wounds: tetanus	1
* injections: hepatitis B	1
*  aNIMAL BITES: rABIES	1
* sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS	2
* Penetration: Schistosomiasis,	1
Hookworm and ascariasis	1
2.5. Zoonotic infections	1

 

                    Second Term: 45 hours

 

Topics	Hours
3.EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NON- COMM.DISEASE (10 Lectures)
*. epidemiology of is chaemic heart  diseases	2
*. epidemiology  of diabetes mellitus	2
*. epidemiology of cancer	2
*.epidemiology of accidents	2
*. epidemiology of mental health and geriatrics	2
4. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   ( 15 LECTURES)
Maternal health care: *. Introduction to MCH care	1
*. Components of MCH care	2
*. Nutrition during pregnancy	1
*. Infection during pregnancy	1
*. Low birth weight and prematurity	1
*. Evaluation of MCH care and vital statistics	2
Health care for children:
*. Under five clinics	1
*. Growth monitoring	1
*. Immunization	1
*. Development clinics	1
*. Care for handicapped children	1
School health services : concept and plans	2
5. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE        (5Lectures)
PHC:Historical background to PHC, Rationale for PHC	1
Definition, contents and difficulties of PHC	1
Supportive programmes to PHC , Skills of PHC workers: The five star doctor	1
National health programmes: EPI, ARI, CDD, MCH, Promotion of breast feeding, Training of TBAs and others	2
6. HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION  (Lectures)
*. The concept of systems	1
*. Concept of  health care administration	1
*. Planning of health care services	1
*. Management of health care services	1
*. Evaluation of health care services	1
7.  Environmental health   (5 Lectures)
*. Definition of health and disease within the context of environment, and environmental health	1
*. Basic activities of environmental health	1
*. Water : sources , quality and related diseases	1
*. Air : sources of pollution, health effects and control of air pollution	1
*. Optional Topic related to environmental health	1
8. Occupational health  (5 Lectures)
Definition of occupational health, occupational hygiene and occupational medicine- Objectives/functions of occupational health services	1
Health hazards associated with work	1
Health hazards to the environment and community which result from industrial activities	1
Safety measures in occupation	1
Selected occupational diseases	1
TOTAL PLANNED THEORETICAL HOURS	90

 

Practical: Project work leading to a written and presented report. Students are divided into small groups; each is tutored by a faculty member.

 

C. First Year Medical Students. Few lectures on the concepts of health, disease, prevention and air pollution as part of an introductory course in Foundation of Medicine

 

 

Appendix -2-

Curriculum in community medicine for diploma degree

 

A. subjects and credit hours.

Subject	Credit	Theoretical	Practical
General epidemiology	3	15	30
Medical statistics	2	10	30
Epidemiology & control of   communicable diseases	3	20	40
Health care administration Primary health care: Concepts,    Programmes, MCH services	4	30	60
Other miscellaneous  subjects Bleeding in pregnancy, Special paediatric problems, Drugs during pregnancy and lactation	-	10	-
Total	13	95	195
Scientific report	6

 

  The scientific report usually covers a significant local health problem. Topics are mainly chosen from the research plan of the Ministry of Health in accordance with the lines of research activities of the department of community medicine.

 

 

Appendix -3-

Curriculum in community medicine for master degree

First academic year

 

    Second academic year Ten credit hours (units) are assigned to the second academic year during which the candidate is required to prepare a thesis on relevant topic. Health problems that involve fieldwork are preferable as topics for research work.                 

 

  

Appendix -4-

Curriculum in community medicine for PhD. degree

 First year

 

      The optional topics include microbiology, immunity, marine medicine…etc.

 

SECOND & THIRD YEARS: These are devoted to a comprehensive research work on original/or practically significant health problem. The total credit hours (units) for the thesis are 38 units.

 

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RESEARCH PERFORMANCE

 

Published research work of the faculty of the Department of Community Medicine for the period 2003-2008 inclusive

 

One of the principal tasks of a university teacher in general and medical faculty in particular is to carry out research activities. Such activities are intended and expected to:

1. Improve the knowledge of the teacher himself, specifically about local health  problems.

2.Contribute to the improvement of the quality of services provided to people within the locality of the university.

3. Provide relevant data on specific aspects of population health, e.g., health     status indicators, risk factors and risk distribution, evaluation of interventional programmes.

4. Build up research capacity by the involvement of many junior medical staff in        research activities, whether these are in persuasiveness of postgraduate studies or other purposes.

  

The Department of Community Medicine has adopted, since its establishment in 1971, a research policy covering the above areas with tangible success. Postgraduate studies started in 1986, when one master student was registered, and developed further in scope and size with time. Up to this moment, 114 students had been awarded a degree of diploma (49), master (29), PhD (8) and family medicine board (28).  Most of the research work of faculty members and postgraduate students was related to four basic areas which represent the main research lines:

1. Measurement of population health, disease pattern and health behaviour 

2. Determination of risk factors and risk distribution.

3. Evaluation of health care services quality, utilization, and provider performance and consumer satisfaction.

4. KAP studies.

Recently special interest was devoted to cancer epidemiology, reproductive health and environmental epidemiology and pollution.

A list of published work is given below:

 

 

1. Al-Taha, MA and Habib OS. Women satisfaction about antenatal care. The       Medical Journal of Basrah University 2003; 21: 94-98.

2. Al -Kamil EA, Ajeel NA. Health service Utilization by elderly people and its determinants in Basrah.  J. of the Faculty of medicine Baghdad 2003 ; 4(45)

3. Al-Khafaji, SHR and Omran S. Habib. A study on the degree of   accommodation between populations needs and services capacity. The Iraqi Journal of Community Medicine 2003; 17: 192-195.

4. Ajeel NAH. Demographic & obstetric factors influencing pregnancy outcome in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2003;21(1):6-11

5.  Matook, MAW, Habib OS. A clinic-based study on the practice of contraceptive methods. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2003; 21:91-93. 

6. Al-Kamil EA, Ajeel NA. Falls among elderly people in Basrah.  The Iraqi J . of   community Medicine 2003

 

7. Al-Kamil EA, Ajeel NA. A study of general Characteristics and prevalence of chronic health problems among elderly people in Basrah. Kufa Medical J. 2003; 6(1) : 118-129

 

8. Habib, OS. Household surveys as a tool to evaluate primary health care services: A lesson from Basrah. The First Arabic Conference on Primary Health Care. Bahrain 25-27 Feb. 2003. (In Arabic).

 

9. Al-Rubiay KK, Habib OS , Ebrahim SM. Pattern of skin diseases among primary school children in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2004; 23: 41-43.

 

10.Al-Kamil EA, Ajeel NA. Vision and hearing problems among elderly people in Basrah. The medical J. of Basrah University 2004; 22(1&2): 15-21.

11.    Al-Kamil EA, Ajeel NA. Functional ability of elderly people in Basrah. J .of Bahrain Medical Society 2004 ; 16(3): 95-103

 

12.Al-Rudainy LAM, Habib OS, Al-Humrani ARH. Athlete's heart: An echocardiographic study. The Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations2004; 6:31E-37E.

 

13.Al-Taha MA. Postnatal care in Zubair district. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2004; 22: 44-49.

 

14.Abdul-Sahib MAR, Ajeel NAH. Breast feeding during pregnancy & child’s growth. Iraqi J. Comm. Med, 2004.

 

15. Al-Rudainy LA ,  Al-Dubaikel KY. Physical activity among physicians in Basrah city. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2004; 22(1&2): 49-51.

16.Al-Rudainy LAA, Habib OS and Al-Humrani ARH. Validity of electrographic voltage criteria: How useful are they in athletes? The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2005; 23: 21-25.

 

17. Ebrahim SM and Habib OS. Prevalence of dental caries among primary school      children in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2005; 23: 26- 29.

 

18. Hassan JK, Ajeel NAH , Hamadi SSh. Incidence and time trend of cancer in Basrah.The Journal of Basrah University 2005;23 (2):

 

19. Mansour AA and Habib OS. Overweight and obesity among adults attending     a medical department: Single center experience in Basrah. Journal of the   Arab Board of Medical Specialization.  2005; 7: 152E- 156E.

 

20.Habib OS. Environment and health in Southern Iraq: Facts and future     prospects. Marina Mesopotamica 2005; 20: 7-19.

 

21.Abdul-Ma’abod A, Al-Kamil EA.A study of Pattern of contraception practice in Al-Timinia community among married women (15-49 years). Iraqi J. Comm. Med.2005; 18 (3): 235-242

 

22.Al-Kamil EA .A study of factors affecting academic performance of intermediate School Pupils in Basrah. The Med. J. of Basrah university 2005; 23(1):31-37.

 

23.Yacoub AAH, Salman DD, Ajeel NAH, & Yunis G. Comparison of medical education in two medical colleges: students’ perspective. Journal of Faculty of medicine Baghdad, 2002.

 

24.Sharif  S,Al-Kamil EA ,Ahmad L.The role of nerve conduction study in the diagnosis of neurological diseases in Basrah .Basrah J. Of Surgery 2005; 11 (1).

 

25.Sharif S,Al-Kamil EA, Sharif  M.Pregnancy outcome in women with epilepsy . Kufa Medical J Kufa Medical J.2005;8(1):209-216

 

26.Al-Taha MA, Hassan RA. Satisfaction with delivery care in maternity hospitals in Basrah. Iraqi J. Comm. Med.2005.

 

27.Shiyaa NR, Balasim RS, Habib OS. Pregnancy outcome and fate of neonates:  A hospital-based study. Journal of Bahrain Medical Society 2006; 18: 19-22   

 

28.Alewi, NAH, Al-Asadi JN and Habib OS. The effect of diving on pulmonary     function. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2006; 24:

 

29. Fadhil AG, Al-Asadi JN, Ajeel NA. Haematological changes among divers. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2006;24(1,2):60-65

 

30.Abid AH, Habib OS and Al-Asadi JN. The effect of diving on hearing loss.     The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2006; 24:

 

31.Al-Asaadi JN and Habib OS. Cardiovascular risk profile among college students in Basrah. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 2006; 28: 126-130.

 

32.Nadir NS, Ajeel NAH. A comparative study of pulmonary function of Workers in Basrah paper mill & Al-Hartha power station. Kufa Medical    Journal 2006; 7:280-290

         

33. Habib OS,  Al-Ali JK,  Mohammed K. Al-Wiswasi MK,  Ajeel NAH,  Al-Asady OG,  Khalaf AAA,  Al-Mayah AZM. Cancer Registration in Basrah 2005:  Preliminary results Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2007; 8: 187-190.

34.Essa SS, Habib OS, Al-Diab JM, Al-Imara KAS, Ajeel NAH. Cancer mortality in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2007; 26:

35.Habib OS, Essa SS, Khalaf SA, Zuaiter HT. Cancer mortality in Southern Iraq.  Marsh Bulletin 2007; 2: 110-118.

 

36.Ajeel NAH, Al-Rudainy , Al-Yaseen AK. Blood lead level among children in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2007;25 (1):7-10

37.Ajeel NAH, Al-Yaseen,AK. Work related allergic disorders among Flour mill workers. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2007;25 (1):29-32

38. Mansour AA., Habib OS. Metformin discontinuation rate amongpatients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in Basrah, Iraq. Saudi Medical Journal 2007; 28: 447-448.

 

39. Zuaiter HT, Habib OS. Pattern of cancer mortality in Thi Qar governorate. Thi Qar Medical Journal 2008; 1 (1):

 

40.Obaid HL, Habib OS. Childhood Cancer (leukaemia and lymphoma) in Basrah: A case-control study. Thi Qar Medical Journal 2008, 1 (2):

 

 

41.Al-Mulla A Y, Habib OS. Pattern of Fertility in Basrah- Southern Iraq. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2008; 26(1):

 

42.Jeorges HE, Ajeel NAH. Incidence and Time Trend of Caesarean Section in Basrah. The Medical Journal of Basrah University 2008; 26(1):